grounds
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2.0
- noun
- /ɡraʊndz/
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recinto
- Cars have been banned from the Olympic grounds in London's East End.
- school grounds
- buildings and grounds
- campus grounds
Cars have been banned from the Olympic grounds in London's East End.
- Cars have been banned from the Olympic grounds in London's East End.
- It's happening in your sociogram even though it's off the school grounds.
- But his spokesman said that while, yes, he was on the White House grounds, he didn't go to the White House itself.
- And they got into his, into the grounds of his house, dressed in ski masks, black clothing.
- So Kryptos is KRYPTOS sculpture by the American artist Jim Sandburg, located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia.
- Like Wendy Bird, that is What do you mean you have a guy like is does he live on the grounds?
- And because we landed in this on his ground and refuelled, he said, look, you, you, you, you obviously use my grounds.
Examples
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The court allowed a released time plan where students left school grounds for religious classes taught elsewhere.
Academic text (1993) -
"You are free to wander about the grounds as you choose," Cteel said.
Fiction book (1991) -
After considerable discussion, they decided to improve the grounds of their local schools.
Academic text (2008) -
This hospital is built on the grounds of that brothel.
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You weren't supposed to leave the grounds, but everyone who could afford it did.
Fiction book (1990) -
So there's a ton of buildings on the grounds that you will go in and out of a lot.
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I asked what that meant and she said that I could not bring him onto school grounds, to school functions, or anything relating to the school.
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The mountain was reopened, and the grounds near the church were made available for the devotion.
Academic text (1990) -
Marvin pulls up to a gated estate sporting expansive grounds and a hotel-sized main building.
Fiction book (1991) -
Visitors are not allowed on the estate's grounds without prior permission.
Synonyms
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3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
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1.0
An area of land next to a building, often fenced, used for animals, work or play
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3.4
Land and buildings used by a business or office
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2.3
A small piece of land used for growing plants
The land around a house that belongs to it and is often enclosed
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Etymology
Grounds is the same word as ground, like in playground, and it means the 'land' around a building. That's why 'school grounds' or 'estate grounds' refer to the cared-for area surrounding a place.